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Thomas and Elizabeth Pearson letter to Aaron and Nancy Ballard, September 29, 1833

Franklin County (VA) September the 29 1833Dear Son and daughter We are all well and have been so ever since you left this country we received two letters from you one dated the 28 of Aprile the other dated 23 of June we applied frequently for letters and did not receive until the last of July we got both of them at the same time we considered the time so short that we would not write until mr Carter come hoping thes few lines may fine you en Joying the same blessings David good wife Martha Feuzel had a son in January and got about went to meeting at mr William StandleysBut she need in a lingering situation was taken down to her bed and deceased in July the child ten days after they moved her to her fathers had the doctor with no effect we all give under great grief to hear from you I shal send you fifty dollars by Mr Carter I wished to send you all the money but got disappointed in getting the money of Hairston He had not Paid me all for the vegetables Yet and I had to borrow part of this Crops are very excellent for this Country oats Corn and to baco & shal make eighty or a hundred burrels of Corn five or six thousand weight of to bacco to bacco is falling from five to fifteen dollars in Lynchburg

Franklin County (VA) September the 29 1833Dear Son and daughter We are all well and have been so ever since you left this country we received two letters from you one dated the 28 of Aprile the other dated 23 of June we applied frequently for letters and did not receive until the last of July we got both of them at the same time we considered the time so short that we would not write until mr Carter come hoping thes few lines may fine you en Joying the same blessings David good wife Martha Feuzel had a son in January and got about went to meeting at mr William StandleysBut she need in a lingering situation was taken down to her bed and deceased in July the child ten days after they moved her to her fathers had the doctor with no effect we all give under great grief to hear from you I shal send you fifty dollars by Mr Carter I wished to send you all the money but got disappointed in getting the money of Hairston He had not Paid me all for the vegetables Yet and I had to borrow part of this Crops are very excellent for this Country oats Corn and to baco & shal make eighty or a hundred burrels of Corn five or six thousand weight of to bacco to bacco is falling from five to fifteen dollars in Lynchburg